Spent the day putting a roll in bedliner in the cab of the truck......came out really good, except the "cold" weather down here in florida is making it a little hard to cure.

 

Yep, I usually let that stuff fly too.

 

tested glow plug relay in process of tracing why glow plugs are not working.

Relay checked out, now to test the controller/switch. IF it fails, thinking about just wiring up a temp manual button till I can pony up the 130 bucks, worst case scenario.

 

Have you considered checking the junkyard for a working controller/switch? Might be cheaper that way.

I don't know about your local yards, but the one I go to gives everything a six-month warranty. If you bring it back, you can exchange it for something else of equal or lesser value, or they'll give you a credit.

 

I hear ya!!! But I built this one, Has maybe 30 1/4 mile runs on it. Just have alot of money into it and I will sleep better at night knowing its right after spinning the thing 7200+ rpms all summer!

Not hard to do just a gasket kit and about 5 hours of time.

Matty

 

Thats a option I haven't thought about, thanks for the idea. I know I saw the pricing running around 120 for a brand new one. def. worth a look into if it turns out to be that.

 

Anyone else notice the down time yesterday? Whats up with that? Doesn't FTE know our lives depend on the Crack that this forum is?

 

Haha no I was busy buyin tune up parts so my truck will handle my tx-co trip.

 

Spent the day today pulling my core support out, and removing the engine. Got it all apart in about 3 hours, and now its sitting inside the shop awaiting the next phase. Which of course is removing the old T-18 and getting it ready to swap to an AOD. Goodbye 3k rpm highway and hello increased MPG.

Gonna bolt up a Clifford Intake and some headers this week too, gonna try and snap some pics of the progress if I can get a chance. (Provided my hands aren't too effin greasy) There however will be completed pics!

 

What are you doing in CO?

 

Born and raised mountain man Yeah! My mom still lives there and Im goin "home" for the holidays.

 

Awesome. I grew up in CO myself. Miss it like crazy. Hope to be back there in the next couple years. Where's your mom live, if you don't mind my asking. I grew up just outside of Boulder(damn hippies)

 

Your not going to beleive this , I put a set of portawalls on my 1980 full one ton truck , yes I am from the old school.

 

Over the past three days, I've done the filling in of the speaker hole project from the stickies, along with completely dismantling all of the other dash panels from my truck and repainting them all to match (a much lighter shade of tan than the "saddle" color from the factory).

I also replaced the a-pillars with non-cracked models from an '84 Crew Cab. They weren't a perfect fit, but I fabricated them to fit a little better than my original factory ones ever did.

Will post pictures soon.

 

Over the last week I pulled the dash apart and removed the gauge lights filters and installed an intermittent wiper switch and control box. Also threw on 33" bfg km2's.